My Boston Butt

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First try making pulled pork. Recipes are for wimps. Very rarely use or eat pork in this household so...yeah.
Test run for adding to 'gatherings' repertoire.

It came out amazeballs and did I write down anything I did?? Ffffff...

Roughly 3lb "Boston butt" pork roast, fresh cut from Blood Farm

== Brined sugar/salt 1:1 with a bacon heel for a day or two
== Dry rubbed and aged in fridge wrapped in a crockpot liner bag
...wtf did I use for spices?? AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

I need to just put a recorder on when I'm cooking and holler in various accents while I'm spelunking in the spice drawer.

- Lotta black pepper. A LOT.
- Sprinkle of raw sugar/brown sugar/kosher salt
- Cloves
- Cumin
- Smoked paprika
- Tarragon
- Marjoram
- Allspice
- Fennel
- I DON'T REMEMBER IF I USED SAVORY AAAAHHHHH
- Saigon cinnamon?? don't think so.
- Mace (no, wiseass, not the spray)
- ginger?
- if I *didn't* put the hot mustard powder in it I'm going to be very ticked off. I had to really dig around to find it.

Aged it about 2 weeks, not by intent, just weather being uncooperative for setting up the smoker.

== Put entire bag in crockpot, added most of a can of Citizen Cider Wit's Up 'dry ale style', cooked just long enough to loosen the fat pad. Added a few dollops of cider vinegar toward the end.

== Sat overnight to soak up flavor.

== Smoke: apple & hickory, little heavier on the apple. Hour and a half.

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